SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 2024 

Social starts at 6:30 pm, Live auction at 8:00 pm
The live auction will begin with an Autumnal Toast
    Far North Spirits Bottled Old Fashioned
    provided by Far North Spirits and Ely’s Ivy

Tickets: $50 (includes food by area restaurants and one free drink token)

You’re invited to the region’s premier live art auction. Fifty-four works of art by artists from across the region and the globe will be auctioned off by professional auctioneer, David Gorder. The auction exhibition brings together many artists that have exhibited at the Museum over the years, along with artists brand new to the Museum and Auction. In 1999, the Museum inaugurated the Autumn Art Auction in order to develop a market for artists from the region and to fund Museum programs. The Auction remains one of the largest fundraisers for programs such as Summer Art Camps, Family Day, exhibitions, concerts, and much more. All proceeds are split between the artists and the Museum unless the artist chooses to donate the entire sale to the Museum.

Check back soon for absentee bidder opportunities, online auction access, and full catalog or artwork.

Purchase Tickets

Suyaou Tian, Minneapolis, Minnesota, Space Between, 2023
Water Based Media, 41.5 x 29.25 inches
Lot 36 | Range: $5,500 – 6,500

A LOOK INSIDE THE AUTUMN ART AUCTION

 • Social includes food provided by area restaurants along with beer and wine.
• Guests check in, get their bidder cards, and mingle with friends and neighbors.
• Artwork is displayed on the Mezzanine Gallery for convenient viewing.
• The stage is set and artwork is brought down in order of Lot # for live bidding.
• Over two dozen volunteers help carry artwork and serve food during the event.
• The auctioneer along with bid spotters work the crowd during the Live Auction.
• Guests watch from chairs in the main gallery or along the Mezzanine railing.
• After bidding concludes, receipts are gathered and artwork can be claimed.
• Artwork can be brought home that evening or arrangments can be made.

 

Sponsors

The Auction would not be possible without the support of our sponsors. Please take you business to these companies and individuals,
thank them for their significant contributions, and note how most are locally owned and operated.

Full page, $1,000 Sponsors

AcrePro Farm Agency

All Seasons Garden Center

C&M Ford

Capital Resource Management

Mangata Medical Spa

McGough Construction

Olson, Juntunen, Sandberg, Boettner & Cobb

Dr. William F Wosick

Food Table Sponsors

Blue Moose

Ely’s Ivy

Ground Round

Little Bangkok

Museum Café

Autumnal Toast by Far North Spirits

Half page, $500 Sponsors

Altru

Brandon Cobb Agency

Courtney Barstad Logan

First International Bank & Trust

Grand Forks Park District

Minnkota Power Cooperative

Plains Chiropractic & Acupuncture

Quarter page, $250 Sponsors

Alerus Financial

Core Collective

DeMers Dental

Five-Star Collision

Garon Construction

Gate City Bank

JLG Architects